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P/C Insurers Positioned for Underwriting Improvement, But Longer-Term Challenges Await
U.S. property/casualty insurers represent a source of stability amid the recent tumult of socioeconomic disruption from the coronavirus pandemic. The industry strengthened its capital base and ...
P/C Industry Profits in Current Cycle Lagging Last Hard Market
U.S. property/casualty insurers have benefited from significant increases in commercial premium rates for nearly three years. However, recent industry statutory underwriting performance improvement ...
Reinsurers’ 2022 Profit Outlook Better Than Primary Insurers: Fitch
The trailing impacts of premium and loss trends on the books of property/casualty reinsurers makes the 2022 outlook for reinsurers rosier than the profit outlook for primary insurers, a Fitch Rating ...
COVID Challenges of Workforce Mgmt., Risk Aggregation Continue for P/C
Given that business-as-usual is unlikely to return soon due to the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. property/casualty insurers will continue to face challenges related to virus-related insurance losses and ...
P/C Insurance Market Typically Soft, Analysts Say
Property/casualty insurance carrier executives are challenged to predict the likely state of the market as they shape go-forward strategies for their companies. While 2020 may be a bit off course, ...
Commercial Auto Insurance Remains a Loser on the Whole: Fitch
While the property/casualty insurance industry has reported three consecutive years of significant underwriting profits, the commercial auto market as a whole reported an underwriting loss for the ...
Chubb Ranks Best in D&O Loss Ratio But Still Trails AIG in Premiums
The Chubb Corporation continued to report the best direct loss ratio for U.S. directors and officers liability insurance last year, according to a report released by Fitch Ratings last week. But ...
P/C Insurer Profits Pressured From All Sides in 2016
U.S. property/casualty insurers will mark a third consecutive year of underwriting profits in 2015, a feat unmatched since the early 1970s. However, market sentiment has shifted unfavorably as ...